^^^ thanks for the link, shashwat
btw, i was going thru these posts. i'm sorry i've forgottn to mention that kiba dock and avant window manager will work only if a composite mananger (like compiz, beryl, compiz-fusion) is install. tho who don't haf it can use simdock or wbar.
also this is the customisability of linux. after all the customisations this is how my desktop looks now:
*img508.imageshack.us/img508/4816/screenshotum1.th.jpg
.....click, click, click,click (system>prefs>theme>human theme) and now my desktop looks like this:
*img245.imageshack.us/img245/452/screenshot1bc6.th.png
no system files to replace or hack, no meddling around anything, no uninstall issues, no worries

i'm back to the default look!

this is the only reason why i'm not installing the mac menubar hack. cos that requires me to replace some gtk libs. wid this kinda customisation whenever i want i can give a mac osx, vista, beos or any other look. u name and i haf it. when i'm bored i click 4 times and there's my ubuntu back
ps: i found out that i'm not able to get the top gnome bar to be completely translucent coz of the theme. this setting (the ubuntu menu and tray not being transperent/lucent) has been put into the gtk theme settings file. i'm trying to compare the gtkrc to other themes. lets see if i can trace it. any help wud be appreciated
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this is what i'm trying to do.
i presently haf this in the leopard theme:
*img172.imageshack.us/img172/8391/halftransparented7.png
i messed around wid panel.rc, edited whatever i could and got this:
*img172.imageshack.us/img172/4478/threequartertransparentqa9.png
but i wanna make my panel like this so that it integrates well wid this theme (this is from a different theme):
*img187.imageshack.us/img187/5691/fulltransparentix1.png
i know its there somewhere in gtkrc or panel.rc. help wud be appreciated
